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Section II. (Leptarthra, Chapuis). 



TTnguiculi appendicnlat?. 

 L, ahdominalis, Baly, 



1. Leptarthra fraternalis, n, sp. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, metallico-purpurea, nitida; 

 thorace ti-i£oveolato ; clytris sat fortiter punctatis, disco interne 

 ante medium confuse gemellato-striatis ; flavis, basi, fascia ante, 

 altera longe pone medium, utrinque abljreviatis, maculAque 

 transversa subapicali, nigro-purpureis. Long. G lin. 



Hab. The Plains. 



Front impressed just above the encarpaj with a deep fovea; 

 encarpa3 quadrangular, contiguous; carina raised, linear; antennae 

 slender, attenuated towards the apex, the third joint twice the 

 length of the second, the fourth to the ninth slightly compressed. 

 Thorax nearly tmce as broad as long; sides nearly straight and 

 converging from base to apex, the anterior angles thickened, 

 anteriorly produced; anterior margin concave; disc impressed 

 transversely with three deep fovete, the middle one rotun- 

 date, the lateral ones transverse. Scutellum wedge-shaped, its 

 apex rounded. Elytra much broader than the thorax, dilated 

 posteriorly, convex, slightly excavated below the basilar space, 

 strongly punctured, the pmictures irregularly arranged in double 

 rows on the inner disc before its middle, placed without order 

 over the rest of the surface, claws bifid. 



Nearly allied to L. sexmacuiata, Redt., less coarsely punc- 

 tiu-ed, the punctures being arranged on the inner disc of the 

 elytra in irregular double rows, the pattern of the elytra is also 

 different. 



Genus antipha, Baly. 



1. Antipha posticata, n. sp. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, elytris sat 

 crebre et sat fortiter punctatis, cyaneis, a basi fere ad medium 

 flavis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Assam, the Plains. 



Vertex and front smooth, impuuctate ; clypeus thickened, 

 transversely trigoiiate, its apex acute, produced upwards between 

 the encarpaj for half their length; encarpaj well defined, con- 

 tiguous; apices of jaws nigro-piceous; antennaj nearly two-thirds 



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